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  • Title: [Combination of DRD4 and DAT1 genotypes is an important risk factor for attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity families living in Santiago, Chile].
    Author: Henríquez B H, Henríquez H M, Carrasco Ch X, Rothhammer A P, Llop R E, Aboitiz F, Rothhammer E F.
    Journal: Rev Med Chil; 2008 Jun; 136(6):719-24. PubMed ID: 18769827.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common, highly heritable neurobiological disorder of childhood onset, characterized by hyperactivity, impulsiveness, and/or inattentiveness. AIM: To search for possible associations between dopamine receptor D4 (DRD4) and dopamine transponder 1 (DATl) polymorphisms and ADHD in Chilean families. MATERIAL AND METHODS: We extended a previous family-based discordant sib pair analysis that included 26 cases diagnosed according to DSM-IV criteria and 25 controls (healthy siblings of cases), adding 14 cases and 11 controls. RESULTS: Both loci, individually classified as homozygotes or heterozygotes for the DRD4 7-repeat and DATl 10-repeat alleles, did not exhibit genotype frequency differences between affected children and their healthy siblings. However, the simultaneous presence of both DRD4 7-repeat heterozygosity and DATl 10 allele homozygosity was significantly higher (22.5%) in cases (40), compared with (2.8%) unaffected siblings (36), with an odds-ratio of 10.16. CONCLUSIONS: The genotype combination DRD4/7 heterozygotes and DAT1/10 homozygotes is a high risk factors in Chilean families for ADHD. Increased density of dopamine transporters in ADHD brains, along with abundance of 7-repeat D4 receptors in prefrontal cortex, which is impaired in ADHD patients, make the observed gene-gene interaction worthy of studies to understand the functional basis of ADHD.
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